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Julian Assange told us about this last year. http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279447 http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it

• Polyphonie 12y ago
  I remember reading the article. I found this to be quite interesting: “In 2012, Google arrived on the list of top-spending Washington, D.C., lobbyists—a list typically stalked exclusively by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, military contractors, and the petro-carbon leviathans. Google entered the rankings above military aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, with a total of $18.2 million spent in 2012 to Lockheed’s $15.3 million. Boeing, the military contractor that absorbed McDonnell Douglas in 1997, also came below Google, at $15.6 million spent, as did Northrop Grumman at $17.5 million.”
  • hexagonc 12y ago
    Google may be the largest individual contributor within the list you cite -- and not by much -- but it is still greatly exceeded by the combined contribution of the military contractors. And Google being a top contributor may not be such a bad thing; who else on that list is going to lobby for patent reform?